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On Friday, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic introduced its new spaceship that has been designed to take space enthusiasts on a thrilling journey to space and return them to the surface. With the fresh launch, the company has reached one step closer to become the first private space tourism company to take passengers aloft. After nearly 16 months, Virgin Galactic is back in the race.

The Las Cruces based spaceflight company of Virgin Group also announced that the new VSS Unity will undergo some ground tests before taking a tour to the space. The company hasn’t unveiled when passengers will be taken for the first space voyage.

To treat sever obesity caused by type 2 diabetes, Zafgen conducted a phase 2b trail which involved use of beloranib drug by study subjects. The results were found productive as drug succeeded in reducing body weight.

The patients who were given 1.8 mg doses of the beloranib drug had reduced 12.7% of their weight, while 13.5% of weight fell on taking 1.2 mg doses. In case of patients who were given placebo, they weighed less by 3.1% of their earlier weight.

The patients involved in both the 1.8 mg and 1.2 mg treatment arms achieved reduction in HbA1c by 2%, more as compared to 0.6% in case of placebo. The drug also registered success in treating Prader-Willi syndrome in a late-stage trial.

The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa made headlines in 2014 for infecting and causing death to over 28,600 and 11,300 people respectively. Health officials had struggled a lot to control the epidemic.

Recently, a number of antibodies from the blood of a survivor of recent Ebola outbreak were found effective in killing the deadly Ebola virus in mice by a team of researchers. The detailed findings of research were published in the journal Science.

What now is seen as a ray of hope by researchers is that the antibodies could help device vaccine for curing patients with Ebola diseases.

A new analysis of the US data has suggested that using marijuana could result into not only falling for more use of marijuana but also for other drugs and alcohol.

On the basis of national surveys conducted at a three-year difference, researchers have discovered that adults who said they used pot in the first survey were two to nine times more probable to suffer from a substance abuse issue by the time of the second survey.

Experts said that these risks must be considered not just by patients and doctors, but also by policymakers in the areas where marijuana could be up for legalization for recreational or medical use.

On Thursday, California officials liable for workplace safety put down a proposal that would have put condoms on porn actors, paying attention to the call of number of industry officials according to whom such a move would pressurize them to make films nobody would watch.

Cal/Osha spokeswoman Julia Bernstein said that the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health's Standards Board put down the measure when just three members backed it. For the passage, there was a requirement of four ‘yes’ votes from the seven-member board. During the voting, 3-2 was in favor, with one member was absent and a board position was presently open.

Bernstein said that the board is now going to start considering a fresh worker-safety measure for the porn industry.

Calling a hike in rate of availing health care services demanded by the Hospital Corporation of America as unfair, culinary union members protested near the Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas on Thursday. The members who protested were estimated to be 500.

“We've been trying to get something done in good faith, and they've been unwilling to grant an extension. They've been unwilling to come down on their asking”, said protester Tommy Blitsch, principal officer of Teamsters 631. Blitsch said he was at the failed negotiation meeting, was one of several pickets who had heard they could face a 6-7% overall rate hike on services.